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From: afsipmh@cid.aes.doe.CA (Patrick Hertel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: I have a stupid q.
Keywords: stupid q.
Message-ID: <1991Apr9.123336.12706@cid.aes.doe.CA>
Date: 9 Apr 91 12:33:36 GMT
References: <406@platypus.uofs.edu> <1991Apr8.215454.22894@athena.mit.edu>
Reply-To: afsipmh@cid.aes.doe.CA (Patrick Hertel)
Organization: Environment Canada
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In article <1991Apr8.215454.22894@athena.mit.edu> jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes:
>In article <406@platypus.uofs.edu>, mhm2@jaguar.ucs.uofs.edu (MALINOSKI MARC H) writes:
>|> 	How come everytime I try to execute a Makefile, I
>|> get "permission denied"?
>
>  This would probably be better in comp.unix.questions rather than in
>comp.sources.games.bugs, since it is a general question about Makefiles and
>not a specific question about any particular game.
>
>  In any case, you don't execute Makefiles.  They are not programs.  You use
>the "make" program to build programs based on what's in the Makefile.  A
>Makefile is a configuration file for the "make" program.  See the man page for
>"make" for more information.

  I think he was just being fast and loose with his language and then
  you never answered the question ( and you are usually so good at this
  stuff! :) )
  Anyway I (and everyone else on the net no doubt) suspect that the
  Makefile he is calling is trying to save a file on a directory he
  has no permission for or something to that effect. Reading the man
  page on make wouldn't buy him anything here :)

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